Erie Chapman
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Day 55 – Why Questions Matter
Our questions, and how we respond to the questions of others, signal the level of our humanity at that moment. Continue reading
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Day 54 – A New “Caring Code” Ritual – Something to Build On
Why is this idea so important? Because this new, caring code ritual honors not only the humanity of the person who has died, but the humanity of the team that sought to save that life. Absent such loving rituals, the… Continue reading
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Days 51-53 – The Comet’s Pulsing Rose
How can we free the diamond within us to spin and sparkle and rise like a wave to meet the passing comet and ride it to the oblivion to which we are already doomed? Continue reading
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Day 49 – Inclinations Toward Love – A Darwinian Paradox
I see Love wherever beauty and truth thrive – whether in a caregiver, a flower, a sparrow, a monkey or a stanza of poetry. Our goal is not to question Love’s existence or to doubt through what form it may… Continue reading
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Day 47 – Cyber Communities
Anything which can lower the barriers that separate us provides the potential for us to celebrate our humanity with each other. This is a way that Love’s doors are opened. Continue reading
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Days 44-46 – The Valentine Shoebox & Other Signs of Love
The reason Love doesn’t run out is that it doesn’t come from us, it comes through us. Continue reading
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Day 42 – With Malice Toward None
For all who seek to be healers, Lincoln has set the bar high. And yet, by his own statement, he was just an ordinary fell born in a log cabin with a dirt floor. Continue reading
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Day 41 – Love’s pathways through this world
Whatever the question, Love is the answer. Continue reading
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Day 40 – Replacing Pity With Compassion
More than two hundred years ago, the Scottish poet Robert Burns challenged us to see ourselves as others see us. Continue reading
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